Soprano Jane Sheldon & Acacia Quartet are to give the first Sydney performances from their North + South CD, alongside music by Elena Kats-Chernin and Lyle Chan. Now based in the US, the Australian soprano has forged a strong international career. Her latest recording, North + South, is a contemporary take on ten traditional folk songs, drawing on ‘traditional’ styles. For the Sydney concert, Jane…
The NSW Doctors Orchestra conducted by Dr David Banney presents Highlights of a Decade to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Musicus Medicus, an ensemble founded in 2004 by General Practitioner Cathy Fraser to give NSW doctors and medical students an opportunity to enjoy music together. Every year 60-70 doctors come together from both metropolitan and rural…
“The Heavenly Spheres make music for us,…….All things join in the dance!” Gustav Holst Having recently recorded Max Richter’s re-composition of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for Deutsche Grammophon, violinist Daniel Hope looks to the elements yet again for inspiration in this recording called Spheres (DG 0289479 0571), which debuted at number 3 in the US BIllboard…